diff --git a/src/liblzma/Makefile.am b/src/liblzma/Makefile.am
index f6c572b2..6d05fc6c 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/liblzma/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ liblzma_la_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/liblzma/simple \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/common \
 	-DTUKLIB_SYMBOL_PREFIX=lzma_
-liblzma_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info 0:0:0
+liblzma_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info 5:0:0
 
 include $(srcdir)/common/Makefile.inc
 include $(srcdir)/check/Makefile.inc
diff --git a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/version.h b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/version.h
index 0f7c2d37..25e8a820 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/version.h
+++ b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/version.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 /*
  * Version number split into components
  */
-#define LZMA_VERSION_MAJOR 4
-#define LZMA_VERSION_MINOR 999
-#define LZMA_VERSION_PATCH 9
-#define LZMA_VERSION_STABILITY LZMA_VERSION_STABILITY_BETA
+#define LZMA_VERSION_MAJOR 5
+#define LZMA_VERSION_MINOR 0
+#define LZMA_VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define LZMA_VERSION_STABILITY LZMA_VERSION_STABILITY_STABLE
 
 #ifndef LZMA_VERSION_COMMIT
 #	define LZMA_VERSION_COMMIT ""